as soon as possible. we have always been told by the premier league and the premier league is a strong regulatory body itself and is perfectly competent to manage its own affairs. this shows that it manage its own affairs. this shows thatitis manage its own affairs. this shows that it is not. one of our major clubs that is one the league for four seasons in a row challenging law of the organization with which it is a member. we believe that this illustrates the need for a football regulator which will have the power to act in the wider interests of the game and we need a regulator and we need it as soon as possible. let's take you to the french open where alexander zverev is taking on alex de minaur in the quarter finals of the men's singles. they've just finished the first set and zverev has taken it 6—4. de minaur is the first australian to reach the quarterfinals in paris since lleyton hewitt in 200a. the winner of this one will take on a rested casper ruud in the semifinal, after the seventh seed got a walkover win because of novak djokovic's knee injury. there's been a day of upsets in the women's quarter finals at the french open. the 2022 wimbledon champion elena rybakina has been knocked out by italy's jasmine paolini. it means 28—year—old paolini makes it through to a grand slam semifinal for the first time in her career. ry—bakina, who's the fourth seed and who was yet to drop a set in the tournament, had recovered from a set and a break down to take this to a decider, however, 12th seed paolini, took the match 6—2, 4—6, 6—4. perhaps even more of a shock — second seed aryna sabalenka has gone out to seventeen year old russian mirra andreeva. the first set went to a tie break, which the experienced belarusian sabalenka eventually took 7—6 , but she lost the second and third sets to the teenager who is through to her first grand slam semi—final. she's the youngest woman to do so since martina hingis at the 1997 us open. three—time french open winner alfie hewett has moved into the semi—finals of the men's wheelchair singles with a 6—love, 6—4 victory over fellow brit gordon reid. hewitt only needed 7a minutes to beat his compatriot and set up a semi—final. he's aiming to win his ninth singles title at a grand slam, having also won the us open on four occasions and the australian open once. india ruthlessly blew away ireland on a difficult pitch in new york as they started the t20 world cup with an eight—wicket victory. they won the toss, elected to bowl and took full advantage of the conditions in new york. they reduced ireland to 50 for 8 before a late flurry saw ireland set a target of 97, india captain rohit sharma then struck four fours and three sixes as he shared a stand of 5a with rishabh pant as they chased down the total with ease. india face pakistan in a highly anticipated showdown between the sides in their next match on sunday, and that's all the sport for now. tomorrow morning, the polls will open across europe. nearly 400 million citizens will vote to elect representatives from each of the 27 countries, who will then work as lawmakers in the european parliament. 27 different elections in each of the member countries. naturally, there isn't one issue that unites all europeans. but there are broad themes that concern all of europe. the economy, climate change, war in ukraine, migration, funnily enough, the eu itself. we will be in brussels on sunday to bring you the results as they come in. joining us tonight, the former spanish foreign minister arancha gonzalez laya, who served in the previous government of socialist prime minister pedro sanchez. she is now dean of one of the top international relations schools in the world, the paris school of international affairs. welcome to the programme and thank you for being with us. what do you think is at stake this weekend? what think is at stake this weekend? what is at stake is — think is at stake this weekend? what is at stake is whether _ think is at stake this weekend? “wrist is at stake is whether europeans take their destiny in their hands or whether they put in the hands of somebody else, the us electorate later in the year, the chinese communist party or anybody else, it's whether or not you're to make a leap forward in becoming stronger. we know that where the eu is more united, the eu was more competitive. there are areas for the eu is lacking behind in technology, capital markets, energy and security and defense. what is at stake is whether or not they“ll and defense. what is at stake is whether or not they'll be a majority in the parliament that will give europe the possibility to move forward, being more european in this area and take the future in their hands. ., , ., area and take the future in their hands. .,, ., ,., , , , hands. the opinion polls suggest --oulous, hands. the opinion polls suggest penulous. hard _ hands. the opinion polls suggest populous, hard right _ hands. the opinion polls suggest populous, hard right will- hands. the opinion polls suggest populous, hard right will do - hands. the opinion polls suggest populous, hard right will do well| populous, hard right will do well and notjust in france are you are, what would that mean for policy and strasberg in brussels?— strasberg in brussels? there don't miss the day _ strasberg in brussels? there don't miss the day of— strasberg in brussels? there don't miss the day of the _ strasberg in brussels? there don't miss the day of the bed _ strasberg in brussels? there don't miss the day of the bed to - strasberg in brussels? there don't miss the day of the bed to dig - strasberg in brussels? there don't miss the day of the bed to dig with a pinch of salt and there will be more to the right. not a landslide and not a massive when in these reports does today and more to the right, the question is, whether the consensus, the three big groups that made the consensus in the past and the social democrats and liberals will be able to continue to determine eu policy and whether there will need to be more political forces to the far right, whether for example, the political party initially asked to join with the consensus to continue to make policy or whether it will be in extreme results and need for more political forces to the extreme right in which case, integration will be much more difficult. . , , , difficult. the current president is runnina difficult. the current president is running for _ difficult. the current president is running for second _ difficult. the current president is running for second term - difficult. the current president is running for second term and - difficult. the current president is running for second term and she| difficult. the current president is - running for second term and she has reached out to some of the nationalist groups in parliament and the european conservatives reformists and as she reaches to the right, does she risk losing the support she might need from the left in the center? last support she might need from the left in the center?— in the center? last time she was elected by _ in the center? last time she was elected by a _ in the center? last time she was elected by a thin _ in the center? last time she was elected by a thin margin - in the center? last time she was elected by a thin margin of nine | elected by a thin margin of nine votes mostly with christian democrats and social democrats and liberals. this time around, it looks will be more complicated and some the conservatives that said that they may not vote for her. and so she may need the votes of the likes of malani, but other political forces in europe, liberals and social democrats of also very clear ideas about bridging in political parties but at the end, in my view, it all boiled down to political priorities, ratherthan it all boiled down to political priorities, rather than political parties and anyone who wants to become president of the commission want to be very clear about what priorities he or she puts on the agenda that would be palatable to gather a majority in the european parliament and let's not forget their is also the need for the consensus of the eu member states in this kind of investiture that is required but it will be done to programmes in my view rather than that. ., , . programmes in my view rather than that. ., ., . ., that. european council and the leader of the _ that. european council and the leader of the european - that. european council and the leader of the european council| leader of the european council former belgian prime minister said yesterday that the commission has become too political. yourfoot yesterday that the commission has become too political. your foot in the commission, what is changed and what does he mean by that? the commission _ what does he mean by that? the commission is _ what does he mean by that? tue: commission is become what does he mean by that? tte: commission is become more geopolitical because the world has become much more geopolitical and the european union was to have a say in the work. anyone who holds the chair of the president of the commission knows that in being geopolitical has to be careful to represent the views of the eu member states and sometimes in the views are not necessarily consensual, he or she has to be careful not to pour the rock too much wind direction but i would say. the rock too much wind direction but i would say-— i would say. talking about her views on china? may _ i would say. talking about her views on china? may be _ i would say. talking about her views on china? may be the _ i would say. talking about her views on china? may be the commission l on china? may be the commission representing _ on china? may be the commission representing the _ on china? may be the commission representing the eu _ on china? may be the commission representing the eu has _ on china? may be the commission representing the eu has been - on china? may be the commission representing the eu has been a i on china? may be the commission l representing the eu has been a task mandate on fighting covid—19 and creating the first ever bid recovery package which, you know, once—in—a—lifetime, we've done it by borrowing and investing the eu member states together and whether it has been in response to russia's were in ukraine, i think she has been representing the views of united europe which is remain united despite and against all odds and despite and against all odds and despite the difficulties which have also been on display by certain member states and made it very clear that they wanted something else in exchange for support to the eu. then;r exchange for support to the eu. they sa the exchange for support to the eu. they say they need — exchange for support to the eu. they say they need to _ exchange for support to the eu. they say they need to trump prove themselves, what do they mean by that? ., ~ themselves, what do they mean by that? . ~ , , that? taking their destiny in their own hands- _ that? taking their destiny in their own hands. the _ that? taking their destiny in their own hands. the us— that? taking their destiny in their own hands. the us is— that? taking their destiny in their own hands. the us is very - that? taking their destiny in their own hands. the us is very clearlyj own hands. the us is very clearly moving in a direction of being less interested in being more insular and isolationist and obviously, the choice of the us will be very different depending on whether it is president biden summer was proven to appreciate working with europeans, working with allies and will be different if americans choose donald trump which is proven to be much more hostile towards the european union but in respect to review the americans choose, europeans know that defending their interest requires them taking more responsibilities for their economic competitiveness and defending democracy in europe and also for their own security and defense especially given the us that is proven to be more interested in looking towards asia's pacific and less interested in looking at what is on the european continent. to you for talkin: is on the european continent. to you for talking to — is on the european continent. to you for talking to us _ is on the european continent. to you for talking to us and _ is on the european continent. to you for talking to us and thank _ is on the european continent. to you for talking to us and thank you - is on the european continent. to you for talking to us and thank you for. for talking to us and thank you for coming on the programme. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. a reminder of our top story tonight — and the labour leader sir keir starmer has accused rishi sunak of lying — after the prime minister made a misleading claim in last night's tv debate about labour's tax plans. rishi sunak told the audience that according to “independent treasury officials“, labour's policies would result in a £2,000 tax rise for every working family. but the most senior civil servant at the treasury said the figure had not been signed off, in the way the tories claimed. the conservatives say they stand by their figures. and to say — earlier we were in cheadle with our correspondent rajini vaidyanathan, in a busy pub. we just want to bring you the full list of candidates who have been selected so far to battle it out in the constituency of cheadle. they“re on your screen now and of course you can also see them and the list of candidates up for election in your own constituency on the bbc news website and app. the us presidentjoe biden has landed in paris ahead of the d—day commemorations tomorrow for a state visit hosted by the french president emmanuel macron. but before, he announced sweeping new measures which he hopes will restore some order at the southern border with mexico. the order will ban migrants who enter illegally from claiming asylum when the seven—day average for daily crossings hits 2,500. that means the ban comes into effect immediately, because the threshold has already been surpassed. migration is biden“s biggest vulnerability on the campaign and his anncouncementjust three weeks before the first televised debate. so today, i'm moving past republican obstruction and using executive authority as available to me as president to do what i can on my own to address the border. frankly, i would have preferred to address this issue through a bipartisan legislation, because that's the only way to actually get the kind of system we have now that's broken, fixed, to hire more border patrol agents, more asylum officers, morejudges. but republicans have left me no choice. the push—back was immediate, progressive democrats called it a betrayal, republicans dismissed it as a political ploy. this was the reaction of house speaker, mikejohnson. it“s windowdressing. everybody knows it. if he was concerned about the border, he would've done this a long time ago. and we don't know what's in this, the devil will definitely be in the details here, i can assure you. and there has been criticism from the united nations refugee agency. in all situations, we reiterate that seeking asylum is a fundamental human right, and access to asylum for those in need is paramount. and any person who claims to have a well—founded fear of being persecuted in their country of origin should have access to safe territory and have this claim assessed before being subject to deportation or removal. joining me to discuss is professorjames hollifield. he is a professor of political science and director of the tower center, at the southern methodist university in dallas, texas. we been reading comments and poles in the wall streetjournal, most people blame the president for the tales ripping up the orders that his predecessor signed and they do not blame the republicans blocked and stood in the way of a bipartisan programme of reforms. is he stuck with that or can you change the picture before election day? this is a very calculated _ picture before election day? this is a very calculated move _ picture before election day? this is a very calculated move on - picture before election day? this is a very calculated move on the - picture before election day? this is a very calculated move on the part| a very calculated move on the part of the biden administration and trying here to all the republican bluff since donald trump the republicans blocked a bipartisan agreement which was a very harsh policy that passed the senate and eventually he is going to have to try to impose as much of his policies as he could to executive action and by decree and there's a limit to how much you can do here and you can't more funds into border patrol or more funds and immigration and judges and asylum earrings but is going to do what he can to try to take away from his republican opponents. tt take away from his republican opponents-— take away from his republican o- onents. , , , opponents. it is shifted, i remember the row among _ opponents. it is shifted, i remember the row among democrats _ opponents. it is shifted, i remember the row among democrats when - opponents. it is shifted, i remember. the row among democrats when donald trump brought into the title 42 it if you want border reform you negotiate with the democrats, those came with a quick break where we are doing something for the dreamers and the children and the migrants to come. and being embarrassed, you know this is very much the direction of travel here in europe. the gap on policy between the supposed moderates and the hardliners when it comes to immigration is shrinking, isn“t comes to immigration is shrinking, isn't it? , comes to immigration is shrinking, isn'tit? , . ., , comes to immigration is shrinking, isn'tit? , . ., i, comes to immigration is shrinking, isn'tit? , . ., isn't it? yes, it certainly is and i'm in isn't it? yes, it certainly is and i'm in paris _ isn't it? yes, it certainly is and i'm in paris france, _ isn't it? yes, it certainly is and i'm in paris france, not- isn't it? yes, it certainly is and i'm in paris france, not paris l i'm in paris france, not paris texas. i“m i'm in paris france, not paris texas. i'm not here to welcome president biden was arriving for the d—day anniversary, but you're absolutely right, the politics of immigration has been shifting radically across the western world in which see mainstream politicians about the right and the left and moving more in the direction of the hard right policies the world to the skin the more votes than if you look at the record on this, it's not been very successful and already in the uk, you can see prime minister rishi sunak is been trying to position himself further to the right at all votes from the reform party and joe biden is done the same thing but he wants to dread demonstrate that he is a master of the game as control of the humanitarian crisis at the border and i'm sure that they're watching the polls to see if this is going to move the needle and more people supporting joe biden becoming term from the border. {aiding people supporting joe biden becoming term from the border.— term from the border. giving me info on to technical— term from the border. giving me info on to technical issues, _ term from the border. giving me info on to technical issues, he _ term from the border. giving me info on to technical issues, he doesn't - on to technical issues, he doesn't control the money, that is congress and say my put them order in placement how effective it would be in practice? he also does apply to unaccompanied minors, is there a risk that exacerbates the problem was yellow very fine month in the policy and joe biden is doing the best he can to try to reassure the liberal left that he is notjust going back to the donald trump policies and were not going to have a ban on muslim immigrants and we are not going to be separating families and people the right to apply for asylum porridge is not going to take people that come the us to discourage people from coming to the border between the points of entry and is going to be this very funny numbers game and are ever going to count and many people are coming to the border dated day and week to week and my guess is in the short—term, it is going to create a lot more chaos and havoc at the southern border of the united states and do not forget, there another state involved in the smiths mexico mexico just had an election. find mexico 'ust had an election. and we don't mexico just had an election. and we don't know what _ mexico just had an election. and we don't know what the _ mexico just had an election. and we don't know what the agreement - don't know what the agreement was between the biden administration and the government of mexico but would you should be aware of this the numbers of fallen by half over the past few months and they're going down and i think with this policy, he wants to see the numbers keep going down and wants americans to see that we have control of the border and that we are not in a constant state of crisis here. t5 constant state of crisis here. is paris texas is nice is paris france? very different places is an eiffel tower in paris texas which is over an oil well in a miniature version of the eiffel tower and they mean they are quite different in both the men of their attractions, i would say in 1.1 men of their attractions, i would say in u want to make before the end is the us abdicating its leadership on this issue, this is going to have worldwide consequences and it is going to really undermine the international refugee regime with the strongest country backs away from it. with the strongest country backs away from it— with the strongest country backs awa from it. , �* , ., away from it. maybe we'll pick that u . away from it. maybe we'll pick that u- sunda away from it. maybe we'll pick that op sunday night — away from it. maybe we'll pick that up sunday night when _ away from it. maybe we'll pick that up sunday night when we - away from it. maybe we'll pick that up sunday night when we get - away from it. maybe we'll pick that up sunday night when we get to i away from it. maybe we'll pick that | up sunday night when we get to the results of the elections. thank you very much. it“s third time lucky for boeing. their starliner spaceship has now successfully launched on its first crewed mission from cape canaveral in florida today. on board, two veteran astronauts who are heading to the international space station. the last attempt was scrubbed in the final minutes of countdown when boeing's computer systems flagged a problem. but this was much smoother. only the sixth type of american spacecraft to take a crew into orbit. but it steps up competition with nasa“s other private contgrator, that is elon musk“s spacex who have a test flight of their own planned in the coming days. i'm pleased to say the former nasa astronaut, who was once the commander of the international space station, leroy chiao, joins us now. this is the first time this is taken to people up in the space it was this the textbook launch? this will flawless launch, _ this the textbook launch? this will flawless launch, not _ this the textbook launch? this will flawless launch, not even - this the textbook launch? this will flawless launch, not even the - flawless launch, not even the smallest anomalies and everything seemed to be nominal and going very well and elicit 2a hours, it should docked to the space station and so far, so good. docked to the space station and so far. so good-— far, so good. what does this mean for nasa's operation _ far, so good. what does this mean for nasa's operation and _ far, so good. what does this mean for nasa's operation and costs - far, so good. what does this mean for nasa's operation and costs in i for nasa's operation and costs in terms of exploration?— terms of exploration? nasa, ten ears a . o terms of exploration? nasa, ten years ago contracted _ terms of exploration? nasa, ten years ago contracted boeing - terms of exploration? nasa, ten years ago contracted boeing and started space x to develop their abilities to launch nasa astronauts and others to and from the international space station and so, space x seceded first and from —— succeeded. in boeing was the safety factor the time and they're the ones know how to do and they cost twice as much by the probably get there first and they did not. so, boeing, as you all know, they suffered a lot of setbacks and learning problems not only in space business but in the commercial airplane business. big culture problems of the top—down and so, they're struggling and they needed this victory. what this means the future is we now have a redundant way to send astronauts to iss comments on the gums to a spacecraft or another and one rocket, give it another way of doing it time they rely on the russians. the space race is on again it would reporting of the chinese landing a probe side of the moon and we have seen the concept pictures of the research station they plan to build and this was the reaction of the former senator told by the competition with the means come out of and listen. of and have a listen. no, i don't want him to get to the south pole, which is a limited area that where we think the water is. it's pockmarked with craters. and so there are limited areas that you can land on on the south pole. i don't want them to get there and say, this is ours. you stay out. it ought to be for the international community, for scientific research. so that's why i think it's important for us to get there first. it sounds a little bit cold war, rejected by the chinese stock by lending an army on the south pole of the moon? ., ., ., the moon? know, noted on the understand _ the moon? know, noted on the understand why _ the moon? know, noted on the understand why administrator | the moon? know, noted on the - understand why administrator nelson is saying these things he wants to gather more support for nasa but frankly, kind of rings hollow because basically, china has space ambitions it“d been doing very well with their sample return mission from the far side of the and as we speak, operating a full—time space station of their own for the last several years and ambitions to send astronauts to the moon as the united states is ambitions to send their astronauts to return to the moon but the idea that one country or another can claim the moon in the united states and others are signatories to the outer—space treaty which prohibits nations from claiming the moon even if a nation that was not a signature which try to claim the moon, orthe signature which try to claim the moon, or the other signatories are going to come in and invalidated. invoice told me it's more of a collaborative endeavor than pretty much everything we do on earth. that is true, much everything we do on earth. that is true. look — much everything we do on earth. that is true. look at _ much everything we do on earth. that is true, look at the _ much everything we do on earth. t'ngt is true, look at the iss, former world war ii enemies came together to create the most audacious project in space and is operating very well and so, i would expect that collaboration will continue in the future and not looking so good to continue collaborating with russia, unfortunately but in china, we never have successfully been able to politically get there in the united states to collaborate with them at they would all be better off if we can work together to work towards this programme. can work together to work towards this programme-— this programme. could have run the programme- — this programme. could have run the programme- -- _ this programme. could have run the programme- -- good _ this programme. could have run the programme. -- good to _ this programme. could have run the programme. -- good to have - this programme. could have run the programme. -- good to have you i this programme. could have run the| programme. -- good to have you on programme. —— good to have you on the programme. hello. today has brought a rather chilly feel to the weather across many parts of the uk, particularly when you consider we are now intojune. that said, a bit of sunshine did make it feel relatively warm — the sun is strong at this time of year. there have been lengthy sunny spells, particularly down towards the south. further north, you can see a few more shower clouds on the satellite picture. those showers feeding in from the north—west on quite a brisk wind, which is also bringing us this supply of relatively chilly air and temperatures certainly dropping away as we go through tonight. although, this zone of cloud here sliding its way eastwards across england and wales, that mightjust hold the temperatures up a little bit. where we have the clearest of the skies, northern england, northern ireland up into scotland will be down into single digits, maybe close to freezing in one or two sheltered spots in the countryside. now we start tomorrow morning with a bit more cloud in the mix for some central and eastern parts of england, maybe the odd shower. that should tend to break up and then we're back to sunshine and showers. the showers most plentiful across northern areas. the odd heavy thundery one again across scotland. still quite windy in the far north, but further south, not as breezy as it has been today. those temperatures still a touch below the average for the time of year — 12 to 17 degrees covers it for most of us. now, as we move out of thursday into friday, we've still got low pressure to the north of us and this little frontal system here working its way southwards. a band of rain with that moving across scotland, northern ireland, down into northern england as we go through the day, tending to break up into something more showery. further showers racing into the north—west of scotland, where again, it will be quite windy and a bit more cloud around down towards the south. temperatures, though, a little bit higherfor some of us — 19 degrees in london, stilljust 11 for lerwick and for stornoway. this area of high pressure out towards the west, it is making some attempts to build its way in, but not making an awful lot of progress, so saturday, still dominated by low pressure, bringing showers or perhaps longer spells of rain across scotland. the odd shower into northern ireland, northern england, further south, not as many showers, more dry weather, some spells of sunshine. those temperatures, though, pretty much stuck in that range between 11 and 19 degrees. similar temperatures for the second half of the weekend on sunday. the showers mostly across the north, drier weather further south. first — the latest headlines. hello, i'm christian fraser. you“re watching the context on bbc news. independent treasury officials have costed labour's policies, and they amount to a £2000 tax rise for every working family... 0k, let me... no, this is important. mark my words, labour will raise your taxes. this is the prime minister who has been part of the government who has put up tax 26 times. it reminds me a bit of the - referendum, the eu referendum and thaat claim on the side of the vote _ leave bus about an extra _ £350 million a week that the uk was sending to the eu, so the claim went, when we remember. i that was wrong, but there was an almighty row- about it. and what did the row do? it gave that number prominence. joining me is:mutaz ahmed, the associate comment editor, the telegraph. chris morris, chief executive of the fact—checking charity full fact. jenny kleeman, british journalist and authormartin shipton, the associate editor, nation. first — the latest headlines. the labour leader sir keir starmer has accused rishi sunak of lying — after the prime minister made misleading claims in last night's tv debate about labour's tax plans. rishi sunak told the audience that according to "independent